2005 Hindu Succession Amendment Cannot Be Applied Retrospectively; Daughter's Claim to Agricultural Land Rejected: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a partition suit filed by Santra Devi, holding that succession to her late father's agricultural land had already opened in 2002 under Section 50 of the Delhi Land Reforms Act. The Court ruled that the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 operates prospectively and cannot reopen inheritance rights that had already crystallised before 9 September 2005. The Court also held that the plaintiff failed to…